More than a decade after launching in Europe, the Netherlands company is now selling its repairable phones in the US, starting with the Fairphone (Gen 6+).
  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
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    22 days ago

    It’s 150 because they’re subsidizing the phone so you’ll pay for service, addons, and so they can sell your data and bloatware. Fairphone isn’t expensive, the other phone is artificially cheap.

    • Staff@piefed.worldEnglish
      4·
      22 days ago

      You’re right. They do get us with all the bloatware and other nefarious stuff. Time to start saving.

    • BlaestEgnen@feddit.dkEnglish
      2·
      22 days ago

      They’re kinda comparing apples and oranges, fairphone doesn’t really have a budget phone.

      They just have one model, which they gradually upgrade the hardware of and gives a new number.

      Right now there’s barely any sellers of a Fairphone 4 as an example, and you’re able to get it for ~400 euroes from refurbished condition sellers.

      Most brands, continues to sell old models. Which ends up as the budget phone 3 generations down the line. But fairphone doesn’t, they only sell a fairly powerful phone from new condition.